Exhibits  /  #479

24.08.2022

Story of the exhibit

A fire engine with a Magirus hydraulic ladder with a working height of 30 metres and a rescue basket. It was given to the then Harjumaa Rescue Service in 2002 by the Skövde Rescue School in Sweden. It was used at the Keila and later the Mustamäe rescue stations. Due to wear and the difficulty of maintaining equipment during the economic crisis it was retired and later handed over to the Estonian Fire Museum. In recent years it stood unused at the Rescue Board's Kose warehouse complex.

Volvo

Manufacturer

AB Volvo

Sweden

In 1915 the well-known Swedish ball bearing maker AB SKF registered the trademark Volvo (Latin for "I roll"), intended for a new brand of ball bearings. That plan came to nothing, but in the following decade the name came into use in the car industry. The first car bearing the Volvo name was…

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